diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f6e68a5c4..eaa0873f3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ To install fish as self-installable, just use ``cargo``, like:
    cargo install --git https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell --tag 4.0 # to build from git once 4.0 is released
    cargo install --git https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell # to build the current development snapshot without cloning
 
-This will place the binaries in ~/.cargo/bin/, but you can place them wherever you want.
+This will place the binaries in ``~/.cargo/bin/``, but you can place them wherever you want.
 
 This build won't have the HTML docs (``help`` will open the online version) or translations.